Boy how time flies..

I just noticed how long it's been since I blogged...sorry friends. So here is the latest in our lives...I have been dying in school this semester so I have done nothing about the baby situation...but will soon..promise.

As far as my mommy. She is tolerating her treatments like a champ. She feels good and you really wouldn't even know she has cancer. So that makes us all feel MUCH better. But we won't know if the treatments have done any good until July when she can go in for another body scan. So we are all getting together more often and Mom and Dad are going on an Alaska cruise in June. FUN!! The family is planning another whole family vacation for next year but we are still debating where and when...so we will see.

John is busy building us a fabulous vanity. We are going to re-do our bathroom...it's the only room in the house he hasn't gutted and re-done...so I guess it's time.

As far as me and my crazy schedule...I am finally ready to cut back on work so I can focus and school and get it DONE. I met with the academic counselor and mapped out the rest of my schooling and I am so happy to announce that is just 3 short years I will have a masters in computer science!! WOO HOO!!. So starting in the fall I will start going to school full time and only work when I have time. My job will consist only of database design and administration (of the systems I have already created or are currently working on). Since that part of my job is exactly what I am going to school to do it works out great that I can still continue my projects.

I'm hoping that this will allow me to have better balance in life. My poor family has really taken a back seat to work and school so hopefully they can get a bigger share of my time.

A great big thanks to my AMAZING husband John who has been such a support to me. Without his help I would never have made it. LOVE YOU BABE!

Well that's the update on the Keck household. Finals are next week and then a much needed break. Aaahhhhhh..

Lost another one

Well I made it to 9 weeks and then the baby decided to jump ship.
I just got back from the doctor and got some medicine to help complete the miscarriage. :(

I will see him again in two weeks and we will begin the tests to see why I can't keep my babies.

So this freaken sucks!

January 2011

Whew...finally I'm up to the current year.

Well you saw the recap of 2010 and now here we are...another year that promises to be the best yet! I am still crazy busy with school and will be going full time starting in the fall. I will also be at full major status in computer science so I will be doing just my major course work. I'm super excited but I still have a ways to go and it is not getting any easier.

So at the first of the year I decided I needed a change and so I cut my hair short.
I think its fun but the reactions were quite amusing. I grew up having short hair so I am very used to seeing myself with short hair but it took many by surprise. But I just wanted a bit of a change and I will be growing it back out.

The other big news this month..and probably the big news for the year..is that John and I are pregnant once again...hopefully this time...the baby sticks!!

We are so excited for this new chapter in our lives and we can't wait for October when the baby will be born.

We will keep you posted as the weeks go by...right now I am 8 weeks :)

I little catch up....November and December 2010

Not sure if we did much in November besides get older..but I turned 33 and we had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Now in December....We had parties and Christmas...we had good times and not as good of times...

I had to say goodbye to my good friend Suzy...who decided to pick up and move to California... :(

But Christmas was full of good times:

Here are the dogs opening up there new treats.

They were a HIT!

John with his fancy level...my man loves his tools

I really like fuzzy feet...John likes to keep the house at 65...I'M FREEZING!

All those fun times...what a great year!

But unfortunately we did end the year on a sad note. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. She is getting treated at Huntsman Cancer Center so she is in the very best hands. She has been doing great so far and we are hopeful.

I little catch up....October 2010

So in October we got to go on a family vacation to DISNEYLAND!!

It was SOOO fun. We went with my side of the family and had a blast with all the little ones. I was in the middle of a big project at work so I couldn't go for the entire week but we got there on Wednesday night and went to Disney all day Thursday and Friday and then flew home on Sunday. It was seriously the MOST fun!!

The whole place was decked out for Halloween so that was fun.

Sasha loved riding the rides with Uncle John.

Little Halle getting dressed up in a princess skirt..she LOVES that skirt it's adorable how she will twirl around in it.

But the most fun thing ever was at Bibbity Bobbity Boutique when for a million dollars you can have your little princesses all dolled up like there favorite disney princess...they do up there hair and there is plenty of glitter...it was ADORABLE.

Worth EVERY PENNY. Could these girls BE any cuter??

Me and my girls :)

Little Sashe...waiting to ride another ride with Uncle John.

My sister Tiffany and Annika...we rode this cute "roller coaster" a million times.

Of course the girls loved meeting all the princesses.

Riding the Jungle Cruse...I remember this ride from when I was little...still funny

We just had so much fun...thanks mom and dad for planning, and paying, for this amazing trip!!!

Next trip..HAWAIIAN CRUISE!!!

I little catch up....September 2010

Ok so we already posted that our Sadie dog died and to ease the grief we did what any couple would do....we bought PUPPIES!!!

I just wanted a little Pomeranian that I could cuddle with...but John didn't want to be left out of all the fun so he decided he wanted one too...so we got TWO!

So I got my little RICO and then a day later John got STEVE.

This is RICO...he looks a little retarded in this picture, and some say he looks retarded in person..but he is real sweet and cuddly and I LOVE HIM.

And this is STEVE:

They have gotten so big..well at least Steve has..

Steve is now 16 pounds!!

Rico is just 7 pounds..so he is still a little guy..we call him Tiny

They are SO much fun. We love having them as part of our family.

I little catch up....moving to August 2010

Ok so August....Every year we go camping at Pineview with my second family..the Hagmans....and this year was no different. We had a blast with the family. And you all know I'm not a biggest camper but this is tradition and I would never miss it.

Ah Tren my favorite little brother...he is just so grown up...

And the Chaser...carrying poo

So we all bring our dogs up with us so sometimes there are more dogs then people...it does get a bit ridiculous..but it's super fun.

It's just good friends and good times:

Jerzie....I will say no more

The little girls playing at the lake:

Can't wait for this year!!!

I little catch up....Starting with JULY 2010

Ok Ok I know...I have been a TERRIBLE blogger. So here is the year recap...are you ready???

Ok so I left off in July....
So first there is my favorite holiday and anniversary:
The 4th of July!

We went to the Stadium of Fire because I LOVE FIREWORKS...and Carrie Underwood was the singer so that was fun..but I think this is our last year. We will now join the ranks of all the freeloaders who just watch the firework show outside the stadium.

Then there is the 24th of July which is my favorite because I love a good parade...and they never disappoint...here are a few choice floats:

My other favorite part is the great carny food. I love eating random food from traveling carts...it's like an adventure.

We lost our pup.

Our sweet Lab Sadie passed away on Monday. We found out a week ago that she had very advanced cancer. When we heard the news we decided to take her home and try to keep her well enough so she could join us on our annual camping trip to Pine View. She loved to swim so I wanted her last memories to be fun and for her to be able to swim one more time.

She made it through the weekend and then stopped eating. We didn't want to see her continue to deteriorate so we decided we would put her down. We went in to AVC on Monday evening and held her while they put her to sleep.

It was the saddest, hardest thing. I put together a slide show of a bunch of pictures of my sweet girl.

MY TRIP

Sorry, Sorry for the long delay in posting my trip to Nepal.

 I think the photos tell a lot, so I have posted two sections: The first is our 12 hour layover in Hong Kong where we went sight seeing and the second is all NEPAL.

It was a great trip. Very challenging on many levels, but I will defiantly be back again! So all in all...a great experience.

Hong Kong:

And NEPAL:

Hope you enjoyed the pics. Yes I actually did this! I know...it's amazing. I think I'm a new woman :)